An overview of lasers in dentistry

General Dentistry

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 436-440

  Convissar, Robert A ^a   Goldstein, Ellen E ^b  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENTISTRY; DIODE LASER; ERBIUM YAG LASER; HUMAN; LASER; MOUTH CAVITY; NEODYMIUM LASER; REVIEW; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; GINGIVECTOMY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGERY; ORTHODONTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CROWN LENGTHENING; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; FEMALE; GINGIVAL DISEASES; GINGIVECTOMY; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 2142647379     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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